Board of Commissioners for the Improvement of Brooklyn Heights records
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Abstract
The Board of Commissioners for the Improvement of Brooklyn Heights records consists of 12 letters and 2 legal memos documenting the activities of the Board, including a document that discusses the Board's dissolution following Brooklyn's consolidation with New York City in 1898.
Historical note
The Board of Commissioners for the Improvement of Brooklyn Heights, authorized by the City of Brooklyn in 1866, was a self-perpetuating body of prominent citizens that oversaw the construction and maintenance of parks and other public spaces in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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The Board of Commissioners for the Improvement of Brooklyn Heights records consists of 12 letters and 2 legal memos documenting the activities of the Board, including a document that discusses the Board's dissolution following Brooklyn's consolidation with New York City in 1898.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to users without restriction.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Board of Commissioners for the Improvement of Brooklyn Heights records, 1974.161, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William A. White, 1918.
